Online shoppers say now is time to sell a home, says Redfin poll

Nearly half of online home shoppers believe now is the time to sell their home, and nearly 80 percent believe that home prices are going to rise in their neighborhood.

That's according to a new poll by Seattle-based online real estate company Redfin, which surveyed more than 1,110 potential home buyers last week in 19 major U.S. cities.

According to the Redfin poll, 79 percent of homebuyers believe that home prices will increase in their neighborhood in the next 12 months, which is up from 71 percent in the previous quarter. And 48 percent said they believe now is a good time to sell a home, up from 27 percent last quarter.

Sixty-six percent of those polled said low home real estate inventory was their top concern, up from 59 percent in the fourth quarter.